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Bass-Hickman Family Collection, 1825-2021 (CA6618)
0.8 cubic feet, 2 computer discs, 4 oversize items
Photographs, clippings, correspondence, land grants, and genealogical material of the Bass, Hickman, and related families of Boone County, Missouri.
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Basye Family Papers, 1812-1960 (C2505)
3.9 cubic feet
Correspondence, legal documents, clippings, account books, scrapbooks, photographs, Bible records, and papers collected to establish the Basye family genealogy. Included are Bowling Green Methodist Episcopal Church and Cumberland Presbyterian Church registers, and early letters describing activities and family life in Missouri and other states, notably California and Wisconsin. Mining, the California gold rush, and the Civil War are also described. Numerous correspondents are women.
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Bates Family Papers, 1827-1928 (S0797)
0.25 cubic foot, 87 photographs
The Bates Family Papers is comprised of correspondence, wedding announcements, newspaper clippings, books, and photographs relating to the Bates and Keith families. Materials of interest include the wedding book of Henry Clay and Ruby Bixler and "The Language of Flowers," a book of poetry that belonged to Mary Bates. Also included in the collection are photographs of family members and friends in the form of prints, tintypes, and ambrotypes.
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Royal D.M. Bauer Family Papers, 1840-1943 (C2263)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
The papers of the Royal D.M. Bauer family contain miscellaneous legal and personal papers relating to the Royal D.M. Bauer, Edward Clark Bauer, and S. John Anderson families.
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Samuel W. Beall and Ira Town Agreement, 1859 (C2065)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Agreement between Beall and Town covering financing of trip by Town to mining region.
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Bealmear Family Papers, 1844-1896 (C4493)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
Correspondence between various members of the Bealmear family and one leather notebook with farming account information.
Beauchamp Family Letters, 1832-1894 (C3128)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)
Letters received by the John A. Beauchamp family of Liberty, MO, from relatives in Tennessee, Louisiana, and southeastern Texas discussing family news, prices, business prospects and post-Civil War conditions.
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Beauvais Manor Records, 1834-1999 (S0611)
11 cubic feet, 183 folders, 298 photographs
The Women's Christian Association of St. Louis began an effort to open an elder care facility in June 1880. It purchased a building, Beauvais Manor on South Grand, in May 1882, and opened the facility under the name St. Louis Memorial Home. The collection includes annual reports, minute books, resident applications, a legal file on the home's Baxter Road property, financial and administrative records, and photographs.
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Beck-Cole-Mason Letters, 1854-1877 (C0215)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters from Joseph M. Beck, Chester C. Cole, and Charles Mason, all of whom were Chief Justices of the Iowa Supreme Court.
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Bedford Family Papers, 1849-1870 (C2610)
0.2 cubic feet
Letters of an Andrew County family, Southern sympathizers during the Civil War. Early letters from Thomas Bedford describe the gold rush, travel, and life in California, abolitionist agitation and prejudice against the North. Letters from A.M. Bedford, Johnson's Island, describes life as a prisoner of war. Later letters describe Reconstruction life. 141 letters.
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John W. Bell Record Book, 1820-1870 (C0232)
1 roll of microfilm
List of books, including prayer book, Bible, theological works, grammars, foreign language dictionaries, Greek and Hebrew lexicons, the classics, and poetry; prices of books, clothing, and goods in the 1820s; tuition payments; allowances to children for furniture and sundries; and cash, 1832-1847.
Ovid H. Bell Collection, 1824-1950 (C3805)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)
The papers of and materials collected by a Fulton, Missouri, resident relating to the history and residents of Callaway County. The collection is comprised of correspondence, copies of speeches and lectures given by Bell on historical topics, and documents including a typescript 1849 diary of James Tate, tax rolls for Callaway County, Callaway County Agricultural and Mechanical Society membership lists, and a regimental history and troop roster of Company B, 1st Missouri Cavalry, C.S.A.
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Ovid K. Bell Papers, 1808-1923 (C2507)
0.4 cubic feet (28 folders)
Papers pertaining to the early history of Callaway County, MO. Included are personal accounts of the settlement of the Cote Sans Dessein area and later proceedings and reports of commissioners of the court.
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Belle Fair Collection, 1951-1952 (R1079)
(1 folder)
These are booklets for the 1951 and 1952 fairs held at Belle in Maries County, Missouri. They included agricultural exhibitions, entertainment, and carnivals. The fair in 1951 also celebrated Belle's fifieth anniversary with a historical pageant.
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James I. Belwood Account Book, 1856-1892 (C2482)
0.11 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains account book of a saddler in Arrow Rock, MO, including the accounts of his hired hands.
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Belwood-Ezell Family Papers, 1850-1935 (C0073)
0.6 cubic feet
Correspondence, diaries, and miscellaneous items of families living in Saline and Pettis Counties, MO. Much of the correspondence pertains to news of family members and friends. Most of the letters are to and from family members, including children, of Mary Belwood Ezell and Francisco Ezell.
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Bemis Bag Company Records, 1858-1976 (S0683)
2 cubic feet, 30 folders, 83 photographs, 1 scrapbook
Judson Moss Bemis and his brother, Stephen Allen Bemis, established the Bemis Company in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1874. The company manufactured bags, primarily for seed, and later expanded its product offerings to include packaging for food, chemicals, and pharmaceutical supplies. The materials in this collection contain correspondence, yearbooks, reports, and photographs documenting the company's day-to-day operations.
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Benecke Family Papers, 1816-1989 (C3825)
90.8 cubic feet (7592 folders, 62 volumes, 413 glass plate negatives), 4 audio tapes, 5 audio discs
Correspondence, business and law firm records, civic, political, legislative, and personal papers of a German American family of Brunswick, Missouri.
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Benecke Family Papers, 1850-2001 (CA5893)
44.9 cubic feet, 2 oversize volumes, oversize material
Addition of Benecke family materials. Includes professional and personal correspondence, photographs, glass plate negatives, cartes-de-visite, stereograph cards, diaries, clippings, volumes, periodicals, scrapbooks, Grand Army of the Republic materials, Missouri Constitutional Convention materials, genealogical data, ephemera, and miscellaneous material. Includes Magruder, Sasse, Zillman, and other related families.
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H.B. Benedict Proclamation, 1853 (C2829)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Proclamation issued by H.B. Benedict, Mayor of Boonville, MO, July 16, 1853, forbidding the riotous and unlawful assemblies arising from the lectures of Billy Ross. Printed on cloth.
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John Forbes and Diana Benjamin Papers, 1850-1876 (C1382)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Papers of John Forbes and Diana Benjamin. The papers consist of letters written to family in Liverpool, NY, the majority during the Civil War.
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Lyman G. Bennett Papers, 1857-1865 (R0274)
0.5 cubic foot (10 folders)
The Lyman G. Bennett Collection contains photocopies and original diaries and topographic maps of a civil engineer, member of the 36th Illinois Infantry, and civilian employee of the U. S. Army. The materials concern homesteading in Minnesota in 1857; campaigning in Missouri and Arkansas with the Army of Southwest Missouri, 1861-1862; mapping in Kansas and Colorado in 1865; and the Powder River Indian Expedition in Nebraska and Wyoming in 1865.
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Bentley Family Collection, 1815-1981 (C3042)
5 rolls of microfilm, 0.4 cubic feet (11 folders), 1 oversize item, 1 oversize volume
The collection contains the correspondence of Nancy V. Bentley, Jordan R. Bentley, and J. Marshall Bentley. Also included are legal papers and bills of sales for enslaved people pertaining to the Bentley family and Thomas Fristoe; reminiscences of Jordan R. Bentley and material pertaining to Bentley and other allied families; material on the Civil War in Chariton, Howard, and Cooper Counties; material on family and social life in the 1880s and 1890s; and Chariton County history.
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Benton Family Papers, 1851-1975 (C3721)
0.2 cubic feet (5 folders)
Personal papers, genealogy, and clippings of a Clinton County, Missouri family. The personal papers are mostly Quit-Claim Deeds, General Warranty Deeds, and Trust Deeds, to a Coleman D. Benton and papers from a Circuit Court case regarding an unpaid financial matter. Genealogy includes a handwritten account of the Benton family history by Rita Benton, wife of Thomas Hart Benton (artist). Clippings are newspaper clippings and magazine articles written about Thomas Hart Benton, a famous Missouri artist.
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Thomas Hart Benton Letter, 1853 (C1937)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Recommending Robert W. Keyworth for a position in the patent office.
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Thomas Hart Benton Papers, 1850-1852 (C1466)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers contain Benton's certified statements in the slander suit against him by James H. Birch, in the Clay County Circuit Court, Liberty, Missouri.
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Thomas Hart Benton Campaign Handbill, 1854 (C2842)
1 oversize item
Benton campaign literature from congressional election of 1854; published in ANZEIGER DES WESTENS in English.
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Berry Family Papers, 1851-1911 (R0239)
0.03 cubic foot (3 folders)
The Berry Family Papers contain the photocopies and original papers of the Berry family of Maries and Osage counties in Missouri. They include correspondence from family members in California, Missouri and Tennessee, tax receipts, promissory notes, and land records.
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Berry-Thomson-Walker Family Papers, 1830-1893 (C0074)
0.2 cubic feet
Biography of David Thomson, founder of Georgetown and Sedalia, MO; correspondence of his son, Milton T. Thomson, in Pettis County and California gold fields; James T. Walker and Charles W.C. Walker in Boonville, KY, and North Carolina; William and Thomas Berry's California gold mining expense accounts; and miscellaneous papers.
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A.N. Berthoud Papers, 1850-1851 (C1464)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter to John Johnson, 1850, about winter coal mine operations and delivery of coal to the statehouse in Jefferson City. Account for coal delivered to the statehouse.
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Bethany United Baptist Church, Madison County, Missouri Records, 1829-1992 (R0725)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are minute books, membership registers, and papers of Bethany United Baptist Church at Roselle in Madison County, Missouri. Records exist from the founding of Bethany Church in 1829 as an arm of Providence Church of Washington County.
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Bethel Association of Regular Baptists Records, 1851 (R0288)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Bethel Association of Regular Baptists Records contain the minutes of the twenty-second annual meeting of the Bethel Association, which was composed of Regular Baptist churches in Franklin, Jefferson, Perry, Union, and Williamson counties in Illinois. The minutes include membership statistics and a summary of business taken up at the annual meeting.
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Bethel Association United Baptist Churches of Jesus Christ Records, 1816-1996 (R0598)
4 rolls (72 volumes)
These are the minutes of the annual meetings of the Bethel United Baptist Association of southeaster Missouri, beginning with the organizational meeting in 1816. The Association consists of chruches in Crawford, Iron, Madison, St. Francois , and Wayne counties.
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Bethel Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1817-1927, 1858-1859, 1898 (C4491)
0.2 cubic feet (2 folders)
Record book of Bethel Baptist Church from 1817-1827, includes founding articles; membership information; monthly business meeting notes; and records on the establishment of Walnut Grove Academy from 1858-1859. Two letters of dismission provided by members of the church, and three letters to a member of the church or academy, with unknown relevance.
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Bethel Baptist Church Records, 1840-1980 (K0178)
microfiche
Minutes of regular meetings of the Church in Cosby, Andrew County, MO, lists of members, pastors who served the Church, and other information on the activities of the Church.
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Bethel Baptist Church (Cape Girardeau County, Mo.) Minutes, 1806-1867 (C1297)
0.09 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Brief history of early Baptist settlers in the area, organization of the first church, constitution, rules of decorum, and record of the proceedings of the church. Two copies.
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Bethel Baptist Church (New London, Mo.) Records, 1840-1867 (C3032)
1 roll of microfilm
Record book of Bethel Baptist Church. Contains meeting minutes and member lists.
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Bethel Community (Shelby County, Mo.) Song Books, 1859-1863, n.d. (C3876)
0.15 cubic feet (2 folders), 1 roll of microfilm
Four song books containing only the words of German songs, including folk songs and hymns (two are published and two are handwritten).
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Big Piney Regular Baptist Church Records, 1834-1891 (R1352)
(1 volume)
This Big Piney Regular Baptist Church minute record book contains membership rolls, articles of faith, rules of decorum, and minutes of meetings May 10, 1834-April 6, 1861. The bulk of the record book is from May 1834 to April 1861 with one additional entry October 31, 1891.
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Big Rock Primitive Baptist Church, Versailles, Missouri Records, 1827-1968 (R0416)
4 volumes microfilmed
These are records of the Big Rock Primitive Baptist Church and its predecessor, Bethlehem
Baptist Church, near Versailles in Morgan County, Missouri. The records include minutes of church
business meetings and membership rosters, 1827-1942, and a history of Big Rock Church, 1968.
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Bigham and Porter Receipt Book, 1857 (S0763)
0.25 cubic foot, 1 folder
This collection contains a receipt book from Bigham and Porter of St. Louis. The receipts are of real estate
transactions.
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Bill of Sale for Adisson by Forrest and Maples, 1855 (C2017)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Photostat of a bill of sale for Adisson, an enslaved 22-year old, who was sold by Forrest and Maples to V. Beckworth for $1000 on July 9, 1855.
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Bingham Family Papers, 1814-1930 (C0998)
0.35 cubic feet (27 folders)
Correspondence of members of the Bingham family of Virginia and then of Missouri and Texas. References to friends, deaths, marriages, travel prices, estates and personal affairs of the Bingham family.
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John and Jacob Bingham Papers, 1822-1884 (C2715)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Mostly correspondence of Bingham family of Virginia and Missouri; scant mention of contemporary news. A few miscellaneous papers connected with estates, wills, and property.
Rudolph and Charles Bircher Papers, 1856-1924 (C0583)
0.05 cubic feet (3 folders), 40.1 MB of digital files
The papers contain business records of the owners of the Laclede-Bircher Hotel and farms in St. Louis, Missouri, and Civil War documents for the St. Louis Central Guard, Missouri State Militia. Also contains a record of school funds, 1851-1852; account of the City of St. Louis Fire Department, 1866-1867; and an account of the German American Bank, 1888-1894.
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Bird Family Papers, 1831-1959 (R0170)
0.1 cubic foot (5 folders)
The Bird Family Papers contain photocopies of miscellaneous correspondence, estate papers, land records, business records, and biographical materials pertaining to the Bird, Byrd, Moore, and Hunter families of southeastern Missouri. The papers concern the business and estates in Mississippi, New Madrid, and Scott counties in Missouri and the Bird estate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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William Bishop Papers, 1839-1891 (C3894)
0.4 cubic feet
Papers of a commander of a Union Cavalry unit in northeast Missouri during the Civil War, and State Treasurer of Missouri following the war. The papers consist of personal and military correspondence and miscellaneous documents, and State Treasurer records.
Z.C. Bishop Letters, 1850-1851 (C3782)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains typescripts of two letters from Bishop in the Oregon Territory to his brother Thomas, Warsaw, Missouri. The letters discuss weather, prices for supplies, and a meeting of the territorial legislature. In connection with the latter, he mentions a disagreement between the legislature and the governor over the location of the capital.
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Henry Blackburn Papers, 1858 (R1464)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Henry Blackburn Papers consist of a military land warrant issued to Henry Blackburn for a tract of land totaling 40 38/100 acres in reward for his service in the War of 1812.
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R.D. Blackstone Papers, 1857-1858 (C1462)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Invoices of household goods purchased by Blackstone from J.T. Johnson and Company and from Orrick, Brent, and Thompson, both Boonville, MO, firms.